Fall Animal Farm

~Fall~

 Farm Animals

 

Playing with farm animals...

they needed a place of there own.Something with a shady tree that resembled the upcoming Fall Season. Some real grain,real water and real grass. Having these little things around the house made Aubries farm animals and imaginative ideas come to life. The table is hers for the time being to look at,to touch. To add too and continue to use that little creative mind,that children are so darn good at!

 

Yarn Bathtime Soap

Yarn
HaNd WOrk
Recent neurological research tends to confirm that mobility and dexterity in the fine motor muscles, especially in the hand, may stimulate cellular development in the brain, and so strengthen the physical foundation of thinking. The work done over the past seventy-five years in hundreds of Waldorf schools worldwide, in which first graders learn to knit before they learn to write or manipulate numbers, has also proven successful in this regard.

Fresh Squeezed Orange Juice

Fresh O.J

Aiden has become a regular little helper in the kitchen. It's nice to see him move around and know which utensils he can & can't use. As soon as the box of fruit & veggies from the farm comes in,he is digging to see what he can use. Orange juice & Lemonade is one that he loves to make for everyone in the house.
What is left he happily places in the fridge.

"MAD LAB"

Double, double, toil and trouble;

Fire burn, and cauldron bubble.

Fillet of a fenny snake

In the cauldron boil and bake;

Eye of newt, and toe of frog,

Wool of bat,and tongue of dog,

Adder’s fork, and blind-worm’s sting,

Lizard’s leg and owlet’s wing,

For a charm of powerful trouble,

Like a hell-broth, boil and bubble.

Double, double, toil and trouble;

Fire burn, and cauldron bubble.-

William Shakespeare

Potion Chemistry: October

Through engaging ‘potion chemistry’ your child can investigate physical and chemical changes, including changes of state, exothermic reactions, properties of solids and liquids, and chemical reactions.

Sweeping Stars

Sweeping Stars

...cleaning,sweeping this is such a fun job!

Moving the Moon

Moving the Moon!

Montessori ~ Tweezing Corn

Practical life activities provide benefits far beyond the eye-hand coordination your preschooler gains. Setting out materials in an orderly fashion, following a sequence of steps in completing the activity, concentrating on the activity, and cleaning up and putting the materials away are important in helping your child develop a sense of order and the ability to concentrate for increasingly longer periods. In addition, there’s the important sense of pride and independence children gain as they learn new skills.

Tweezing Indian corn is especially helpful in developing coordination and control of movement. Again, there are many other skills besides coordination your child will develop through the activity. Andrea describes those skills and the necessary steps for setting up and presenting the activity in her article on tweezing Indian corn.
Note: if your child finds it too difficult to use tweezers yet, it’s fine for your child to use his or her fingers to pick the kernels of corn out of the cob. Using tweezers can be an extension for a later stage of development.

In her article on scrubbing Indian corn, Andrea describes the steps in detail for setting up and presenting the activity. Similar steps can be used to create activities for gourd scrubbing at this time of year, too.